The real terrorists
Thought of sharing three real life stories from the world of bureaucracy. Story 1 : July 26, 2013: Today I read an interesting story in the Times of India fontpage. "Jawans on loo break still on national duty". The story is about a jawan- Sepoy Lakshman Kumar, who was on his way to a toilet while on duty when he suffered a fall along the Indo-China border in Ladakh on August 15, 2009. He died four days later. His wife was denied all compensations by PCDA - Principal controller of defence accounts, saying the soldier was not on duty when he got injured. His widow challenged the decision to deny compensation. Yesterday, the Armed Forces Tribunal in Chandigarh said that 'A soldier taking a loo break during working hours should be deemed on duty for the nation" and ordered Rs 10 Lakh compensation with an additional 10% interest. The widow asked in her review petition: "It seems strange that the office of the PCDA is suggesting that a person should not eve